Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
July 2002
For more than 20 years, PNHP’s Senior Health Policy Fellow Don McCanne, M.D. wrote a daily health policy update, taking an excerpt or quote from a health care news story or analysis and commenting on its significance to the single-payer movement.
PNHP has archived Dr. McCanne’s listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
HHS Report Shows More American Children with Health Coverage
HHS News U.S Department of Health and Human Services
July 15, 2002
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today released an HHS report that shows American children are
The Changing Political and Economic Environment of Health Care in Canada
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Discussion Paper No. 1 July 2002
By Gerard W. Boychuck, University of Waterloo
Executive Summary
Controlling Health Spending in the Private Sector
Council on Health Care Economics and Policy
Ninth Princeton Conference
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
June 6-8, 2002
Henry Simmons, MD, MPH, FACP, President of the National Coalition on
Kip Sullivan comments on the assessment of quality in the review of HMO plan performance by Robert Miller and Harold Luft:
Back in March of this year, Uwe Reinhardt and I debated whether managed care damaged the quality of medical care. Uwe cited an unpublished literature
Securing the Benefits of Medical Innovation for Seniors: The Role of Prescription Drugs and Drug Coverage
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
July, 2002
Voters Favor Tax-hike Proposals to Avoid Major Cuts in Medical Services to California’s Low-income Families and Disabled
California HealthCare Foundation
Press Release
July 9, 2002
A survey released today by the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) and The Field Institute finds that large majorities of registered
Voters Favor Tax-hike Proposals to Avoid Major Cuts in Medical Services to California's Low-income Families and Disabled
California HealthCare Foundation
Press Release
July 9, 2002
A survey released today by the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) and The Field Institute finds that large majorities of registered
Paying For National Health Insurance-And Not Getting It
Health Affairs July/August 2002
by Steffie Woolhandler and David U. Himmelstein
Most Americans have private health insurance. Citizens of most other wealthy nations have national health insurance.
Government Funds 60% of U.S. Healthcare Costs -Far Higher than Previously Believed
Harvard Study Finds Government Health Spending in U.S. Higher than in Any Other Nation "We Pay for National Health Insurance but Don't Get
Don’t Be Caught Uncovered
The Washington Post
July 7, 2002
By Michelle Singletary
My family has health insurance through my job. But what if I were pink-slipped because of some accounting irregularity
Don't Be Caught Uncovered
The Washington Post
July 7, 2002
By Michelle Singletary
My family has health insurance through my job. But what if I were pink-slipped because of some accounting irregularity
